Written answers

Tuesday, 17 February 2009

Proposed LegislationQuestion 60: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will introduce legislation to ensure the mandatory testing of all drivers involved in serious road collisions; the reason there has been...

EU FundingQuestion 61: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the complaint being considered by the EU Commission on unfair State aid for State transport companies; the contact his Department has...

Ministerial AppointmentsQuestion 62: To ask the Minister for Transport the process of selecting a chief executive for the Dublin Transport Authority; the progress to date; when he expects the Dublin Transport Authority...

Road Safety StrategyQuestion 63: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress to date on the National Road Safety Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5941/09]

Marine SafetyQuestion 64: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress to date in relation to ensuring low polluting fuels in maritime operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5969/09]

Driving TestsQuestion 65: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will introduce legislation necessary for the proposed graduated driver licence system; the type of GDLS he favours; and if he will make a...

Road SafetyQuestion 66: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding his Department's obligation to prepare guidelines for local authorities in relation to the setting of speed limits; and if...

Aviation PolicyQuestion 67: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for the reform of aviation policy; the timeframe for the separation of regional airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Capital ProjectsQuestion 68: To ask the Minister for Transport if funding for capital projects has been transferred from his Department to other Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5986/09]

Smarter Travel PolicyQuestion 69: To ask the Minister for Transport his Department's work place travel plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6000/09]

National Development PlanQuestion 71: To ask the Minister for Transport the degree to which that portion of the national development plan which is relevant to his Department is expected to proceed on target and within...

National Roads AuthorityQuestion 72: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of the meetings he and his departmental staff have had with the National Roads Authority in the past 12 months; and if he will make a...

Light Rail ProjectQuestion 74: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the most recent meeting of the group preparing contingency plans for the upcoming big dig for the major infrastructural works...

Dublin Port CompanyQuestion 75: To ask the Minister for Transport if he asked the former chairman of Dublin Port to resign at his recent meeting with him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5983/09]

Cycling PolicyQuestion 77: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received and reviewed the new report by Dublin City Council's roads and traffic department, Cycle Collisions in Dublin City 2002 to 2006;...

Marine SafetyQuestion 79: To ask the Minister for Transport the action taken by his Department since 2005 in relation to reports from the Marine Casualty Investigation Board; and if he will make a statement...

End-of-Life VehiclesQuestion 81: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of Irish and foreign registered car write-offs on roads here which have been identified to date; the action he will take to reform the...

Road SafetyQuestion 82: To ask the Minister for Transport the obligation of his Department to prepare an audit of the appropriateness and consistency of speed limits; and if he will make a statement on the...

Park and Ride FacilitiesQuestion 83: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will direct the relevant agencies and authorities to invest in park and ride facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Aviation PolicyQuestion 84: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recent decision to reject a takeover bid by an airline (details supplied) for Aer Lingus; if he will publish a White Paper...

Light Rail ProjectQuestion 85: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding Metro North; if he will confirm that there have been no changes to the route or underground nature of the service provided...

Rail Freight ServicesQuestion 86: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals to increase the use of rail freight and the role the proposed freight forum will have; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Taxi RegulationsQuestion 88: To ask the Minister for Transport if he reviewed recent proposals from the Joint Committee on Transport on reforming the regulation of the taxi industry including the legal opinion...

Private Transport ServicesQuestion 89: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether the granting of licences to private bus companies at the expense of Bus Éireann has systematically undermined the public...

Congestion ChargesQuestion 90: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will rule out the introduction of a congestion charge within three years as he suggested at the recent launch of the Deloitte review of...

Departmental ExpenditureQuestion 91: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost to date regarding the implementation of the State Airports Act 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5975/09]

EU DirectivesQuestion 92: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether the EU's road transport working time directive should be applied to all self-employed transport workers; his further views on...

Light Rail ProjectQuestion 93: To ask the Minister for Transport the estimated start and completion dates for Metro West, Luas line BX and D, and the Dublin rail interconnector; if he has produced alternative...

Road NetworkQuestion 94: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recently announced Regional and Local Roads Programme 2009 and the National Roads Programme 2009; the road building,...

Smarter Travel PolicyQuestion 96: To ask the Minister for Transport the degree to which funding has been put in place to meet the requirements of his recently announced proposals to transfer 500,000 motorists to...

Light Rail ProjectsQuestion 97: To ask the Minister for Transport when the feasibility studies for light rail systems in Cork, Limerick and Galway as proposed in the new Smarter Travel document will be published;...

Proposed LegislationQuestion 98: To ask the Minister for Transport when the Harbours Bill will be introduced into Dáil Éireann; if he will ensure that the Bill is amended to protect and enhance the role of worker...

Public Private PartnershipsQuestion 101: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of public private partnerships his Department is currently involved in and for which infrastructural projects; the value of each of...

Proposed LegislationQuestion 102: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has made a decision on changing the legal blood alcohol level for motorists; if so, what the proposed new level will be; the reason the...

Road Traffic LegislationQuestion 103: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will allocate responsibility to a Minister of State for reviewing and updating the various Road Traffic Acts; and if he will make a...

Rail NetworkQuestion 104: To ask the Minister for Transport the estimated completion dates for the Navan rail line and the western rail corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5809/09]

Smarter Travel PolicyQuestion 105: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that Galway has been chosen as the pilot demonstration city or town for the transport sustainability measures proposed in...

Greenhouse Gas EmissionsQuestion 107: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether commitments to make a 20% cut in greenhouse gases by 2020 will be hindered by the recent cuts in Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus....

Ministerial AppointmentsQuestion 109: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will appoint a new chairperson of Dublin Port; if he will appoint a person with strong experience and expertise in ports here and the...

Road NetworkQuestion 110: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the long promised Leinster outer orbital route and the Dublin eastern bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5814/09]

Greenhouse Gas EmissionsQuestion 112: To ask the Minister for Transport the estimated transport emissions for 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2020; the expected evolution of CO2 emissions if the economy contracts by up to 5% or...

Proposed LegislationQuestion 113: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will bring forward legislation to reform the 1932 bus licensing law; the new measures the proposed new bus legislation will contain; the...

Smarter Travel PolicyQuestion 114: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the new national walking strategy; the measures he will include in the new strategy to promote walking and the increased...

Public-Private Sector PayQuestion 115: To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline the average hourly and yearly pay rates among the lower paid, middle income and higher income groups between the private sector and public...

National FlagQuestion 116: To ask the Taoiseach if it is correct that at all the Government press conferences only the EU flag is flying and not the Tricolour. [5581/09]

Freedom of InformationQuestion 117: To ask the Taoiseach the number of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department each month in 2007 and 2008 in tabular format; the number acceded to; the number...

Smarter Travel PolicyQuestion 118: To ask the Taoiseach his Department's work place travel plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5856/09]

National FlagQuestion 119: To ask the Taoiseach the protocol which applies to the flying of the EU flag and the Tricolour at occasions such as press conferences at which he is in attendance; and if he will...

Ministerial TravelQuestion 120: To ask the Taoiseach the cost in relation to foreign travel, accommodation and related ministerial and official costs associated with St. Patrick's Day 2008; and the plans related...

Work PermitsQuestion 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will support a matter (details supplied). [5608/09]

Employment RightsQuestion 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has received a reply from the National Employment Rights Authority and the Health and Safety Authority...

FÁS Training ProgrammesQuestion 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the policies she and the State agencies have in view of recent announcements or initiatives being undertaken...

Departmental AgenciesQuestion 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budget and staff employed by the National Employment Rights Authority for each year of its existence; and...

County Enterprise BoardsQuestion 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if funding will be made available to county enterprise boards for the provision of re-training in each board...

Proposed LegislationQuestion 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to update the Competition Act 2002 and in particular to alter the Act in order that meaningful...

Smarter Travel PolicyQuestion 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her Department's work place travel plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5849/09]

Croke Park TicketsQuestion 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if FÁS has sold back all its ten year premium tickets at Croke Park; and if she will make a statement on the...

Employment Support ServicesQuestion 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of apprentices who have commenced their off the job experience to date; and if she will make a...

Departmental AgenciesQuestion 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the membership of the boards of State agencies under her Department; if any board members have served more...

FÁS Training ProgrammesQuestion 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the competency development programme organised by FÁS has...

Ministerial TravelQuestion 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost in relation to foreign travel, accommodation and related ministerial and official costs associated...

Employment Support ServicesQuestion 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will confirm that she has applied for funding under the EU Globalisation Fund in order to support the...

Pension ProvisionsQuestion 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 3 February 2009, the reason for the pension top-up and [i]ex...

Public Sector PayQuestion 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimate of the number of existing public sector workers with salaries of more than €50,000, €60,000, €70,000 and €80,000 respectively....

Pension ProvisionsQuestion 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimate of the existing number of retired public sector workers whose pensions are tied to grades with final salaries of more than €50,000,...

Fiscal PolicyQuestion 138: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of new maturing borrowings by the State that will have to be placed during 2009; and the estimated premium over the European Central Bank...

Financial Institutions Support SchemeQuestion 139: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of money market instruments in the banks covered by the State guarantee which come to maturity during 2009. [5593/09]

Public Service ContractsQuestion 140: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the proposed savings in 2009 generated by the initiatives on public procurement. [5594/09]

Tax CodeQuestion 141: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can receive a P21 balancing statement for the year 2007; and if he will make a statement on the...

Pension ProvisionsQuestion 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the distribution of employees in the public service by range of gross earnings and the estimated contribution they will make to gross and net...

Financial Institutions Support SchemeQuestion 152: To ask the Minister for Finance when the review body set up to investigate the banks will report; if he is prepared to issue strong measures such as pay freezes and cuts for high...

Semi-State BodiesQuestion 153: To ask the Minister for Finance the powers he has in relation to freezing the pay of ESB workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5647/09]

Pension ProvisionsQuestion 154: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a matter (details supplied). [5658/09]

Tax YieldQuestion 155: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected yield to the Exchequer if the tax band was raised to 48% for earners on €100,000 and above; and if he will make a statement on the...

Public Service ContractsQuestion 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of Irish companies hired in public procurement projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5668/09]

Tax CollectionQuestion 157: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer arising from tax exemptions for private hospitals in 2005. [5669/09]

Garda StationsQuestion 160: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made regarding the provision of a building (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the delay in the project commencing; and...

Smarter Travel PolicyQuestion 161: To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's workplace travel plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5851/09]

Financial Services RegulationQuestion 162: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the National Treasury Management Agency establishing an investment product as a vehicle for credit unions to invest surplus deposits in...

Financial Institutions Support SchemeQuestion 163: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will propose a moratorium on repossessions to enable persons who are in arrears to renegotiate their mortgages; if it is his intention that...

Social Welfare BenefitsQuestion 164: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give special consideration to people who have become recently unemployed and people who face difficulties as a result of inflated...

Pension ProvisionsQuestion 165: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants paying pension contributions for 2008 and the amount collected; the number of civil servants in receipt of pensions for...

Public Service ContractsQuestion 166: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the prohibition of price only tenders for public contracts by his Department does not result in unnecessary restriction of...

Pension ProvisionsQuestion 167: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on changing pension legislation to allow a business person to use the funds within their pension trust to invest within their company; and...

Tax YieldQuestion 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the estimated €1 billion saving to the Exchequer referred to in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 4 February 2009;...

Departmental AgenciesQuestion 169: To ask the Minister for Finance the membership of State agencies under his Department; if any board members have served more than two terms; if there are cases where a chief...

Financial Services RegulationQuestion 170: To ask the Minister for Finance if staff appointed in 2003 to the office of the Financial Regulator had a qualification in banking regulation, worked for a regulation agency...

Parking FacilitiesQuestion 171: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will acquire land to provide a public car and bus park adjacent to the Gallarus oratory in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...

Fiscal PolicyQuestion 173: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans in place to free up working capital for small businesses to survive in the short-term; if he will facilitate small businesses employing...

Tax CollectionQuestion 174: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a proposal to establish an ombudsman office for revenue affairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6118/09]

Financial Institutions Support SchemeQuestion 175: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6126/09]

Flood ReliefQuestion 176: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding flood relief plans in respect of a town (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6136/09]

Public Sector PayQuestion 178: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on freezing or reversing the recent pay increase awarded to persons at principal officer level and above in view of the depth of feeling...

Ministerial TravelQuestion 179: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of foreign travel, accommodation and related ministerial and official costs associated with St. Patrick's Day 2008; and the plans related...

Pension ProvisionsQuestion 180: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that non-consultant hospital doctors are due to suffer from a double pay cut from the Health Service...

Tax CodeQuestion 181: To ask the Minister for Finance the categories of people who are exempt from the income tax levy other than the fact that they are below the income threshold; and the reason for...

Public Sector PayQuestion 182: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public servants in receipt of salaries in the various bands from €10,000 per annum and at intervals of €5,000 above that. [6328/09]

Pension ProvisionsQuestion 183: To ask the Minister for Finance the basis for his estimation that the pension levy would raise €1.4 billion; and the details of the calculations involved. [6329/09]

Tax CollectionQuestion 185: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected in VRT, stamp duty, income tax, VAT and corporation tax in January 2009; the comparable figures for January 2006, January 2007...

Financial Services RegulationQuestion 186: To ask the Minister for Finance when his attention was first drawn to, or when the possibility was first flagged to him, whether formally or informally, that the Financial...

Financial ServicesQuestion 187: To ask the Minister for Finance if he values the continued presence of mutual societies as an important element of the landscape of credit institutions; if the maintenance of such...

Financial Services RegulationQuestion 188: To ask the Minister for Finance the date and circumstances on which he first became aware, whether formally or informally, of anomalies at a group (details supplied) now a matter...

National Development PlanQuestion 189: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he is proposing to re-design or re-allocate resources from the capital expenditure programme or the national development plan to...

Health Service AllowancesQuestion 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...

Medical ConsentQuestion 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence (details supplied) if legal guardians are to act jointly in relation to consenting to medical treatment for...

Health ServicesQuestion 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Louth cannot have current funding for their day place in Drogheda transferred to Health...

Health Service StaffQuestion 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to fill therapy grades within Roscommon primary community continuing care and Leitrim PCCC; the posts which are vacant in each...

Health Service AllowancesQuestion 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...

Hospital StaffQuestion 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has finalised the procedure in the setting up of a tendering process for the appointment of nursing...

Hospital ServicesQuestion 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason post operative care here would be denied in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who travelled abroad to...

Health Insurance LevyQuestion 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the effectiveness of her health insurance levy and the effectiveness of the tax credit regime for...

Health ServicesQuestion 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [5601/09]

Medical CardsQuestion 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 has not received their medical card despite supplying the information on numerous...

Health ServicesQuestion 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cleaning programme for the health centres in Roscommon primary community and continuing care; and if she will make a statement on...

Hospitals Building ProgrammeQuestion 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to date of the new national children's hospital; the estimated cost of this hospital; if she will provide a progress report on...

Hospital StaffQuestion 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has issued instructions in written or verbal form to management of Our Lady's Hospital for Sick...

Medical Aids and AppliancesQuestion 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on extending the health cover for hearing aids to include digital hearing aids, which are essential for many deaf people; and...

Inter-Country AdoptionsQuestion 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the bilateral agreement between Ireland and Vietnam to facilitate inter-country adoption will be signed and finalised; and if she...

Product LabellingQuestion 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when legislation will be put in place for labelling on bottles, that is, warning about alcohol and pregnancy, in view of the fact that...

Cancer Screening ProgrammeQuestion 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that patients involved in the breast cancer scare at Portlaoise Hospital who were...

Health ServicesQuestion 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she would reinstate the home care package hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the letter from...

Private Health InsuranceQuestion 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the percentage increase in annual subscription for each of the health plans provided by the VHI in each of the past five years; and if...

Hostel InspectionsQuestion 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish the Health Service Executive, Health Information and Quality Authority and social services inspectorate reports on...

Health Service StaffQuestion 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff within the Health Service Executive dealing with the home care package programme; if there has been a reduction in...

Health ServicesQuestion 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding provided by her Department to the Health Service Executive to fund the home care programme for each of the past three years;...

Hospital ServicesQuestion 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the new Dingle Community Hospital, Dingle, County Kerry; if the hospital and all of its day services will be...

Health ServicesQuestion 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the circumstances of a case (details supplied) with a view to resolving the custody issues; and if she will make a...

National Children's StrategyQuestion 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to implement the commitment to unaccompanied migrant children in the national children's strategy; and if she will make a...

Health ServicesQuestion 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 10 December 2008, if she will furnish the up to date figures; the number in each year since...

General Medical Services SchemeQuestion 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a general practitioner will be appointed on a full-time permanent basis to the GMS list of a doctor (details supplied) in County...

Smarter Travel PolicyQuestion 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her Department's work place travel plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5853/09]

Health ServicesQuestion 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place to maintain beds in a public nursing home (details supplied) in County Carlow; if she will ensure it is kept open to...

Health Service AllowancesQuestion 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position on an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [5863/09]

General Medical Services SchemeQuestion 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the process for allowing a doctor to treat medical card and general practitioner visit card patients at their practice. [5871/09]

Hospital ServicesQuestion 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the transfer of the symptomatic breast cancer unit from South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital to Cork University Hospital...

Accident and Emergency ServicesQuestion 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is intended that the accident and emergency units at South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital and Mercy University Hospital,...

Nursing Home SubventionsQuestion 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 3 February 2009 and the delay in implementing the fair deal scheme,...

Hospital ServicesQuestion 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Wrixon review will be published; the reason for its delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5892/09]

Health ServicesQuestion 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans in place to develop an acute brain injury rehabilitation facility in the Munster area; and if she will make a...

Hospital ServicesQuestion 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence relating to the cover for anaesthetists at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda, County Louth; the...

Health ServicesQuestion 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in securing a place at a day care centre for a person (details supplied) in County Cork commencing in September 2009....

Hospital ServicesQuestion 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a shuttle bus service was withdrawn from service at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda, County Louth; when the service...

Health ServicesQuestion 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of funding to be provided by the Health Service Executive in 2009 to a service provider (details supplied) in County Cork for...

Housing Aid for the ElderlyQuestion 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 528 and 1115 of 27 January 2009, the Health Service Executive is processing all remaining...

Medical ConsentQuestion 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if legal guardians must give joint consent to medical treatment for a child as appears to be the interpretation of section 6(1) of the...

Health ServicesQuestion 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [6061/09]

Cancer Screening ProgrammeQuestion 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has not been given an appointment date by BreastCheck; the average length of waiting...

Health ServicesQuestion 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for three additional home care hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin;...

Food Safety AuthorityQuestion 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 29 October 2008 and following on from the 2006 report, the number of prosecutions...

Health ServicesQuestion 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. of 295 of 21 October 2008, the position and the plans within the 2009 budget to address the...

Hospital AccommodationQuestion 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 2 December 2008, the position regarding the construction of this project. [6147/09]

Ministerial TravelQuestion 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost in relation to foreign travel, accommodation and related ministerial and official costs associated with St. Patrick's Day 2008;...

Health ServicesQuestion 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in addressing the financial problems faced by a service (details supplied) in County Limerick which have threatened...

Complaints ProceduresQuestion 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and nature of complaints made against mental health units and intellectual disability services here for the years 2007, 2008...

Medical CardsQuestion 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6199/09]

Health ServicesQuestion 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an increase in home help hours will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...

Hospital StaffQuestion 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that non-consultant hospital doctors are due to suffer from a double pay cut from the Health...

Health ServicesQuestion 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [6341/09]

Complementary TherapiesQuestion 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to implement the recommendations of the 2003 working group report on the regulation of massage therapists; and if she will...

Harbours and PiersQuestion 265: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding relocation of the docks in Galway. [5737/09]

State AirportsQuestion 266: To ask the Minister for Transport if there are proposals to dispose of airports in public ownership with a view to raising revenue on behalf of the State; and if he will make a...

Private Transport ServicesQuestion 268: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason an application for a licence by a company (details supplied) to operate a coach service between Galway and Dublin via the new motorways...

Smarter Travel PolicyQuestion 269: To ask the Minister for Transport his Department's work place travel plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5857/09]

Rail NetworkQuestion 270: To ask the Minister for Transport if the second phase of the Dublin to Navan rail line — that is, Pace to Navan — will be included in the forthcoming national development plan;...

Ministerial TravelQuestion 271: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost in relation to foreign travel, accommodation and related ministerial and official costs associated with St. Patrick's Day 2008; and the...

Road SafetyQuestion 272: To ask the Minister for Transport if he proposes to take steps to enhance safety on the motorways with particular reference to procedures to be followed such as early warning in...

Rail NetworkQuestion 273: To ask the Minister for Transport if consideration has been given to the possibility of reintroducing a direct rail service to Naas, County Kildare by way of a spur extension from...

State AirportsQuestion 274: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that airport handling costs at all airports here are competitive and in keeping with the needs of the economic climate; and if...

Public TransportQuestion 276: To ask the Minister for Transport his priorities in terms of the development of the bus and rail services for the future within the constraints of prevailing economic...

Economic CompetitivenessQuestion 277: To ask the Minister for Transport if air and sea transport costs to Europe and the US are sufficiently available and competitively priced to meet domestic and commercial needs; and...

Public TransportQuestion 278: To ask the Minister for Transport the degree to which he proposes to facilitate competition between the public and the private sectors in the area of bus passenger transport; and...

Air ServicesQuestion 280: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of EU capitals or major cities with which direct air flights are established and those with which Dublin, Cork, Belfast or other...

UN ConventionsQuestion 283: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when Ireland will ratify the UN convention on persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Legal Aid ServiceQuestion 284: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will put in place a system of free legal aid for persons facing repossession; and if he will make a statement on the...

Citizenship ApplicationsQuestion 285: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in respect of an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied); and...

Visa ApplicationsQuestion 287: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an Australian citizen who is in a relationship for two years with an Irish citizen and who has been employed here since...

Garda DeploymentQuestion 288: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [5607/09]

Citizenship ApplicationsQuestion 289: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the documents his Department are waiting for in respect of an application for naturalisation by a person (details...

Crime LevelsQuestion 290: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied). [5659/09]

Residency PermitsQuestion 291: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to an application for long-term residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...

Prison StaffQuestion 292: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has plans to start recruitment for the post of prison officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5700/09]

Deportation OrdersQuestion 293: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [5709/09]

Departmental ExpenditureQuestion 294: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to Parliamentary Question No. 199 of 4 February 2009; and if he will make a statement on the...

Citizenship ApplicationsQuestion 295: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5725/09]

Human Rights IssuesQuestion 296: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases which have been taken to the European Court of Human Rights since Ireland transposed the European...

Garda DeploymentQuestion 297: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding changes in a Garda district (details supplied); if he will re-examine the practicalities of such a...

Prisoner ReleasesQuestion 298: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances under which remission of sentence is granted to male and female prisoners; if he proposes to change the...

Visa ApplicationsQuestion 299: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant a visa to a person (details supplied) to visit Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Smarter Travel PolicyQuestion 300: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his Department's workplace travel plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5854/09]

Citizenship ApplicationsQuestion 301: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will...

Residency PermitsQuestion 302: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for long-term residence by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...

Pension ProvisionsQuestion 304: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is correct that 350 gardaí are applying for early retirement following the proposed pension levy. [6063/09]

Garda Síochána Ombudsman CommissionQuestion 305: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria for appointment to membership of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission; and if he will make a statement on...

Residency PermitsQuestion 306: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to have the issues raised in correspondence of 3 November 2008 to his office (details supplied) dealt...

Closed Circuit Television SystemsQuestion 307: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 9 December, 2008; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ministerial TravelQuestion 308: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost in relation to foreign travel, accommodation and related ministerial and official costs associated with St....

Asylum ApplicationsQuestion 309: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the residency application or refugee status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...

Liquor Licensing LawsQuestion 310: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the ongoing problem of off-licences delivering to homes or to the...

Foreign ConflictsQuestion 311: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the issues raised by a person in a letter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5562/09]

Smarter Travel PolicyQuestion 312: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his Department's workplace travel plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5852/09]

Foreign ConflictsQuestion 313: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will call on the UN Security Council to launch an immediate, independent and properly resourced inquiry into the recent conflict in...

Ministerial TravelQuestion 315: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the cost in respect of foreign travel, accommodation and related ministerial and official costs associated with St. Patrick's Day 2008; and...

Smarter Travel PolicyQuestion 316: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his Department's workplace travel plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5844/09]

Departmental AgenciesQuestion 317: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the membership of State agencies under his Department; if any board members have served more than two terms; if there are cases...

Sports Capital ProgrammeQuestion 318: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when a grant under the sports capital programme approved in 2007 in respect of a club (details supplied) will be awarded; and if he...

Ministerial TravelQuestion 319: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the cost in relation to foreign travel, accommodation and related ministerial and official costs associated with St. Patrick's Day...

Community DevelopmentQuestion 320: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when a decision will be made on a school outdoors playing facilities enhancement scheme on behalf of a school...

National Drugs StrategyQuestion 321: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the programme dial to stop drug dealing; if he will ensure that sufficient funding is in place to enable...

Smarter Travel PolicyQuestion 322: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his Department's workplace travel plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5846/09]

Road NetworkQuestion 323: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a road (details supplied) in County Mayo will be resurfaced under schemes run by his Department. [5868/09]

Harbours and PiersQuestion 324: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding is in place to build a pier on An Bhlascaoid Mhór and to upgrade the pier at Dún Chaoin, County Kerry;...

Community Services ProgrammeQuestion 325: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there will be a roll over for the CSP for 2010; and when that will be confirmed. [6081/09]

Community DevelopmentQuestion 328: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the duration of the contract that Pobal has with his Department. [6084/09]

Ministerial TravelQuestion 330: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost in terms of foreign travel, accommodation and related ministerial and official costs associated with St....

National Drugs StrategyQuestion 331: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason for the delay in publishing the new national drugs strategy; and when he expects this to happen. [6334/09]

Community DevelopmentQuestion 334: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will support a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [6340/09]

Pension ProvisionsQuestion 335: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the proportion of the population at large, at current calculations, who will reach retirement age with no pension whatsoever; if...

Death CertificatesQuestion 336: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a death certificate will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Social Welfare BenefitsQuestion 337: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of PPS numbers issued by her Department to non-EU nationals in 2008 and in January 2009; the countries the applicants...

Social Welfare CodeQuestion 338: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the Government's policy on SSIAs and social welfare matters (details supplied) has been changed; if so, when such change took...

Social Welfare AppealsQuestion 339: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide a date for an oral hearing for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on...

Social Welfare BenefitsQuestion 340: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in receipt of the social welfare rent supplement nationwide and in Dublin city; the cost to her Department...

Family Support ServicesQuestion 341: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will support persons (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [5632/09]

Social Welfare BenefitsQuestion 342: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has a directive or guideline in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Social Welfare CodeQuestion 343: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the conditions which apply in respect of rent allowance in the case where a person resides with a brother or sister; and if she...

Social Welfare FraudQuestion 344: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made in preventing welfare fraud by non-Irish nationals who have returned to their home country but continue to claim...

Departmental BodiesQuestion 345: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the basis on which it was decided that the current chairperson of the Pensions Board was the best candidate for the role; her...

Pension ProvisionsQuestion 346: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will confirm that the introduction of the pension payment scheme by the Minister for Finance will apply as a deduction from...

Social Welfare BenefitsQuestion 347: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the changes she will make to the mortgage interest supplement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5790/09]

Family Support ServicesQuestion 348: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views, in view of the increasing strain on counselling services for families in County Wicklow, on extending the recently...

Smarter Travel PolicyQuestion 349: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her Department's work place travel plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5855/09]

Social Welfare BenefitsQuestion 350: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of claims which have been dealt with by community welfare officers in each area over the past three years; the extra...

Child SupportQuestion 352: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason no early child care supplement payments were made in January 2009. [6024/09]

Pension ProvisionsQuestion 353: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the anomaly which exists for people who entered insurable employment prior to marriage and who did not become...

Social Welfare BenefitsQuestion 354: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for jobseeker's benefit. [6038/09]

Social InsuranceQuestion 357: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an Irish citizen married to a United States citizen in the United States and returning to Ireland, whereby...

Social Welfare OfficesQuestion 358: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the extra appointments due to be made to the social welfare office in Ballina will be in place. [6134/09]

Social Welfare BenefitsQuestion 359: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of non-EU citizens claiming jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance; the number on jobseeker's benefit for more...

Ministerial TravelQuestion 360: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost of foreign travel, accommodation and related ministerial and official expenses associated with St. Patrick's Day 2008;...

Naval Service VesselsQuestion 361: To ask the Minister for Defence if he received recommendations from the board of Coiste an Asgard regarding the recovery of the [i]Asgard II[/i]; when he will make a decision on...

Ministerial TransportQuestion 362: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of times the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government availed of the Government jet or other State-owned aircraft...

Smarter Travel PolicyQuestion 365: To ask the Minister for Defence his Department's work place travel plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5847/09]

Defence Forces ReserveQuestion 366: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost to the State of the FCA in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6092/09]

Ministerial TravelQuestion 367: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost in relation to foreign travel, accommodation and related Ministerial and official costs associated with St. Patrick's Day 2008; and the...

Election Management SystemQuestion 369: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures of political reform that will be introduced to demonstrate that politicians are willing to play...

National MonumentsQuestion 370: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of the State legal representation in the matter of High Court and Supreme Court cases taken in...

Water PollutionQuestion 371: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legislation under which he introduced exclusion zones for farming around wells; the consultation which...

Election Management SystemQuestion 372: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has made a policy decision in relation to the use of posters on behalf of candidates in the forthcoming...

Water and Sewerage SchemesQuestion 373: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to introduce a grant scheme to upgrade septic tanks; and if he will make a statement on the...

EU DirectivesQuestion 374: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the review at EU level of the Nitrates Directive; and if he will make a statement on the...

Planning IssuesQuestion 375: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grants in relation to naming of estates with Irish names that are paid by Government; and the checks that...

Building RegulationsQuestion 376: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are grants available for persons hoping to carry out building energy ratings assessor training...

Housing ProjectsQuestion 377: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount he will spend on the capital assistance scheme and the capital loan and subsidy scheme in 2009;...

Planning IssuesQuestion 379: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he is taking to ensure that the wildlife habitats in Toomes, County Louth are not being...

Election Management SystemQuestion 380: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 5 February 2009, the local authority areas that are being asked...

Waste ManagementQuestion 381: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of food waste that is disposed of to landfill on an annual basis with a breakdown of same per...

Waste DisposalQuestion 382: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a licence issued for the waste held (details supplied) as required under...

Waste ManagementQuestion 384: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all local authorities have completed the register of contaminated sites; if any have not done so; and the...

Natural Heritage AreasQuestion 385: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department's policy on compensation for existing activities in Natura 2000 sites that are found to have...

Local Authority HousingQuestion 388: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to make provision in the voluntary housing schemes for the purchase of individual houses by...

Environmental PolicyQuestion 389: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the size and scale of projects under Irish law that require an environmental impact assessment; the size and...

Ministerial AppointmentsQuestion 390: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the appointments he has made to public bodies since the Government was formed; and if he will make a...

Water and Sewerage SchemesQuestion 391: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Burncourt and Fethard regional water schemes in South Tipperary will be separated to allow for the...

Ministerial StaffQuestion 392: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people employed in his constituency offices; the pay scale of each employee; and if he will...

Fire StationsQuestion 393: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of an application for funding by North Tipperary County Council for a fire service facility in...

Smarter Travel PolicyQuestion 395: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department's work place travel plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5850/09]

Local Authority HousingQuestion 396: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to establish a scheme in which local authorities would enter into long-term leasing arrangements...

Waste ManagementQuestion 397: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department and the Department of Finance have agreed to permit Dublin City Council to enter into a...

Local Authority HousingQuestion 398: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the names and location of housing estates that were taken in charge each year from 2004 to 2008 by Meath...

Housing SchemesQuestion 399: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has allocated a sum of €12.6 million for the purchase of property (details supplied) in County...

Housing Aid for the ElderlyQuestion 400: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 528 and 1115 of 27 January 2009, if the Health Service Executive is...

Dublin Docklands Development AuthorityQuestion 401: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the concerns relating to the operations of the Dublin Docklands...

Local Authority HousingQuestion 402: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a home choice loan is available to those who have been approved affordable sites from a local authority...

Register of ElectorsQuestion 403: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on allowing the people who may be on holidays during upcoming polling days for local and European...

Offshore IslandsQuestion 405: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funds are in place to acquire all lands and for the conservation of the village ruins on An Bhlascaoid...

Property Management CompaniesQuestion 408: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to confer greater responsibility and autonomy on residents in respect of management fees; the...

Planning IssuesQuestion 409: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date he signed off on the draft guidelines for planning authorities on the planning system and flood risk...

Local Authority FundingQuestion 410: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has provided an allocation to a local authority (details supplied) in County Westmeath for...

Ministerial TravelQuestion 411: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost in relation to foreign travel, accommodation and related Ministerial and official costs associated...

Departmental SchemesQuestion 412: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the mechanism available to applicants to access application forms for the proposed new insulation grant...

Fisheries ProtectionQuestion 414: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review the recent decision to ban eel fishing which is a tradition for many families, is part of...

Postal NetworkQuestion 416: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if An Post has completed its review of its network; if it has presented its findings and recommendations to...

Semi-State BodiesQuestion 417: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the powers he possesses in relation to the hiring and firing of senior executives and management staff at the...

Offshore ExplorationQuestion 418: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on a matter (details supplied). [5657/09]

Ministerial AppointmentsQuestion 419: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the appointments he has made to public bodies since the Government was formed; and if he will make a statement...

Departmental ExpenditureQuestion 420: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position in relation to Parliamentary Question No. 241 of 4 February 2009; and if he will make a statement...

Telecommunications ServicesQuestion 422: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position in relation to the provision of broadband for an area (details supplied); the names of the service...

Energy PricesQuestion 423: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he has taken to reduce the cost of electricity here; the timescale in place that will see a reduction...

Broadcasting LicencesQuestion 424: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding community radio stations, whose licences expire before the Broadcasting Bill is...

Smarter Travel PolicyQuestion 425: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his Department's work place travel plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5845/09]

Bio-fuels EmissionsQuestion 426: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on fears over the long-term health risks of bio-fuels; if his attention has been drawn to the fears...

Broadcasting ServicesQuestion 427: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to rectify the omission which has resulted in the Irish in England being the only national grouping...

Telecommunications ServicesQuestion 428: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason Eircom has decided to and has been allowed to remove telephone boxes from small towns and villages...

Energy ResourcesQuestion 430: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the target set nationally to obtain energy from natural resources; the percentage of the energy needs here...

Alternative Energy ProjectsQuestion 431: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the incentives available for persons installing solar energy solutions on private homes or commercial...

Departmental AgenciesQuestion 432: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the membership of State agencies under his Department; if any board members have served more than two terms; if...

Telecommunications ServicesQuestion 434: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when villages (details supplied) in County Cork will receive broadband under the national broadband scheme; and...

Energy PricesQuestion 436: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take to ensure that the consumer receives the benefit of competition and competitive prices;...

Ministerial TravelQuestion 438: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost in relation to foreign travel, accommodation and related Ministerial and official costs associated...

Telecommunications ServicesQuestion 439: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the roll-out of broadband will take place at Kilmeady telephone exchange, County Limerick. [6338/09]

Harbours and PiersQuestion 440: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make funding available to upgrade and improve the pier at Renard, Cahirciveen, County Kerry; and if he will make...

Grant PaymentsQuestion 441: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be granted the farm waste management grant. [5563/09]

Sugar Beet SectorQuestion 442: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment of the sugar beet entitlements will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Cork. [5583/09]

Farm Waste ManagementQuestion 443: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will arrange early inspection under the farm waste management scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in...

Grant PaymentsQuestion 444: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be granted REP scheme four. [5609/09]

Horticulture SectorQuestion 449: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action he will take to ensure the continuing existence of a horticultural producer group (details supplied); and if he...

Bovine DiseasesQuestion 450: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if an individual herd owner has right of appeal in respect of test findings under the tuberculosis bovine animal testing...

Grant PaymentsQuestion 451: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will issue payment for the farm waste management grant to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [5743/09]

Smarter Travel PolicyQuestion 458: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his Department's workplace travel plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5843/09]

Grant PaymentsQuestion 459: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position in relation to a grant application from a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [5860/09]

Departmental AgenciesQuestion 461: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the membership of State agencies under his Department; if any board members have served more than two terms; if there are...

Grant PaymentsQuestion 462: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when will a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their payment under the farm improvement scheme; and if he...

Aquaculture LicencesQuestion 465: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who wishes to sell their two salmon licences; and if...

Grant PaymentsQuestion 466: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when single farm payments will be made in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...

Poultry IndustryQuestion 470: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there are restrictions in place regarding the keeping of poultry in private residential gardens in Dublin city; and if he...

Fishing Vessel Decommissioning SchemeQuestion 471: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount paid out under the recent fishing boat decommissioning scheme with a breakdown on a county basis; the number of...

Ministerial TravelQuestion 472: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the cost in regard to foreign travel, accommodation and related ministerial and official costs associated with St. Patrick's...

Grant PaymentsQuestion 473: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application for the waste management grant by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and...

Commercial Product TestingQuestion 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the legislation which is in place to prevent the use of school pupils in the testing of commercial products; the plans there are to...

Educational DisadvantageQuestion 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will review the application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Galway for funding under the DEIS...

School AccommodationQuestion 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools and the number of classroom units within each school in County Clare that are availing of accommodation under the...

Higher Education GrantsQuestion 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review a decision to refuse a grant in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...

School AccommodationQuestion 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools and the number of classroom units within each school in the Dublin South constituency area that are availing of...

Special Educational NeedsQuestion 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [5602/09]

Schools Building ProjectsQuestion 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will proceed with an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

School AccommodationQuestion 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools and the number of classroom units within each school in the Cork South Central constituency area that are availing of...

Schools Building ProjectsQuestion 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to an adjournment debate matter on 6 November 2008 in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Cork, the progress...

Special Educational NeedsQuestion 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his proposals for a new residential development for blind and visually impaired children at a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 9....

School AccommodationQuestion 486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools and the number of classroom units within each school in County Leitrim that are availing of accommodation under the...

Schools Building ProjectsQuestion 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [5656/09]

Pension ProvisionsQuestion 490: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an allowance will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

School AccommodationQuestion 491: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools and the number of classroom units within each school in the Waterford constituency area that are availing of accommodation...

School StaffingQuestion 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way, in the absence of a redevelopment scheme at second level, he will proceed with removing the 200 teachers at post-primary...

Vocational Education CommitteesQuestion 493: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has made an order under section 10 of the Vocational Education (Amendment) Act 2001 to grant vocational education committees the...

School AccommodationQuestion 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools and the number of classroom units within each national and second level school in the Cork South West constituency area...

Departmental ExpenditureQuestion 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 4 February 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5716/09]

Schools Building ProjectsQuestion 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will make a capital allocation available for the building of a new school (details supplied) in County Cork; when the school...

Computerisation ProgrammeQuestion 497: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 295 of 28 January 2009, if he will confirm whether the Mayo Education Centre has the services of...

Site AcquisitionsQuestion 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 443 of 3 February 2009, if there is a delay in the transfer of the site of a school (details...

Schools Building ProjectsQuestion 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will make available a capital allocation for the redevelopment of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; when the school...

Smarter Travel PolicyQuestion 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his Department's work place travel plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5848/09]

Special Educational NeedsQuestion 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the resources being made available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork in second level education; and if these resources...

School StaffingQuestion 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the effect the recent budgetary adjustments have had on the teaching levels at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12; the action...

Schools Building ProjectsQuestion 507: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools and the number of classroom units within each school in the Louth constituency area that are availing of accommodation...

Special Educational NeedsQuestion 509: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs teachers in County Mayo who will lose their jobs as result of his announcement in February 2009; and if he...

Schools Building ProjectsQuestion 512: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to provide permanent accommodation in respect of a school (detail supplied) in County Kildare, currently housed in temporary...

Schools RecognitionQuestion 513: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the circumstances in which a school (details supplied) in County Kildare operating under temporary recognition from his Department may...

School TransportQuestion 514: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a request for a change in school transport will be considered by his Department in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...

Schools RefurbishmentQuestion 515: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction the appropriate funding required by a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [6087/09]

Human Rights IssuesQuestion 516: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the UN General Assembly proclaimed the year commencing 10 December 2008 as the...

Schools Building ProjectsQuestion 517: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if his attention has been...

Departmental ExpenditureQuestion 518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the impact which the Budget 2009 cuts will have on a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath;...

Special Educational NeedsQuestion 519: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is assistance or help available from her Department or elsewhere to assist a person (details supplied); the locations at...

Schools Building ProjectsQuestion 525: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding is allocated for the provision of a new school at a location (details supplied) in County Westmeath; the steps that have...

Ministerial TravelQuestion 527: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the cost in relation to foreign travel, accommodation and related Ministerial and official costs associated with St. Patrick's Day...

School AttendanceQuestion 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of prosecutions taken by the National Education Welfare Board in respect of school attendance for each of the years since...

School InspectionsQuestion 529: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps he will take to address the issues highlighted in the whole school evaluation of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9....

School AttendanceQuestion 530: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools nationally which are failing to provide up to date attendance data; and the action open to the National...